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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 11:45 PM) That's what Rios does. He's an extremely gifted outfielder. I wasn't surprised at all when he made that catch. Anybody still think Andruw Jones is our best defensive OF? They just did a really interesting piece on Rios on MLBN. They showed some video of this year versus last on his hand position. Apparently he has dropped his starting hand position to cut down on a lot of the excess movement in his swing.

Of all nights, WTF is Tiger the lead news story in Chicago? What garbage.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:01 PM) But you can't give yourself a chance to lose in that situation. Duke's defenders all ran away from Hayward. For all us Duke haters, at least starting Thursday, no one will care about who won the NCAA Tournament. That is a whole nother screw up. You do have to stop the ball.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:02 PM) Butler isn't likely to get a good shot off either way, probably a halfcourt shot in either situation. Only if you make the FT the worst case scenario is you are playing for OT. You also give them a chance for a baseball pass without taking any time off of the clock.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:24 PM) I was trying to avoid going there. Oh well, it always does Remember, dissent is patriotic! Especially on a message board... Add in calling someone a retard, and you are downright a national hero!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:46 PM) Also, did Zoubek miss that last FT on purpose because if so that is unbelievably stupid strategy on the part of Coach K. You never bring a potential loss into the equation in regulation. Make the FT and if they make a prayer to send it in to OT fine, but to give them a chance to win it in regulation is just dumb. You are making a team get a rebound, dribble all of the way up the floor, and get a decent shot off in 3.6 seconds... all without a TO.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:38 PM) One of the great championship games ever played? Maybe one of the closest, but that game was pretty awful in terms of execution. Maybe on the offensive end... the execution on the defensive end was great by both teams. it was nice to see a title game played this hard on both ends of the floor.

Damn he almost hit that for the win. Oh well. Great run Butler. Be proud guys.

That's why Butler needed to attack Zoubek after his forth foul.

Gotta get an open look. Spread the floor and let them go to the rim. Don't expect the foul in the last couple of seconds.

take the last shot.

Gotta switch everything high here. you can't give up the three.

One point game...

They need to run the post through Howard to get Zoubek out of the game

Must score here Bulldogs...

Jesus Singler.

Keep hitting the frees...

Nice defensive rotation to create the steal.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 10:01 PM) That was my thought, but who the hell knows. I read that he actually didn't want to wear the Nationals jacket but he got talked into it. They say it's a tradition for the president to wear a Nationals jacket but how is it really a tradition? Only one president (Bush) actually threw out a first pitch in a Nationals jacket. How can it a tradition when the team is only like three years old?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 09:53 PM) oh whoops, I thought I was talking about the Washington crowd. Why the hell would they boo him at USCF for wearing a Sox hat? Probably because he was wearing a nationals jacket?

That's a terrible charge.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 09:47 PM) How do you leave Singler wide open time after time? Its not like it is on purpose. Duke is one of the best fundemental teams in the world. They set their screens well, which is what gives them the open looks.

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Not a bad first half. Foul trouble really slowed Butler as two big players missed a ton of the half. They have got to keep the pace down though.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 08:54 PM) I still think Wise's catch trumps all because of the circumstances, but that's just me. I agree 100%. Wise's catch is the best defensive play in maybe Sox history.